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the
Clarion
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vol. 59 number 14
February 10, 1984
Bethel students take part in Jackson march
Interim class members join presidential candidate in support for voter registration
by Deb Nelson
Democratic presidential
hopeful Rev. Jesse Jackson led a group of about
2,000 black students from
Jackson State University,
Mississippi, to the Hinds
County Courthouse on
Jan. 17, as a public statement of support for voter
registration. In the procession of four-across armed-
linked suporters were 16
Bethel students.
The students were in
Mississippi for an interim
class, "The Christian and
Social Justice," led by Psychology Professor Mike
Roe. The three-and-a-half
week course was held in
association with the Voice
of Calvary Ministries.
The three-mile march
began after Jackson addressed a packed gymnasium on the campus, during the remembrance of
Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr. Day. Toward the end
of his speech, in which
Jackson challenged the assembly to "stand up and
fight for self determination," Jackson asked how
many of the students were
not registered to vote. As
they stood, he directed
the 400 unregistered students to a side of the gym,
and started to make travel
plans to take them to the
courthouse to register. After a few moments, he
suddenly asked the group
if they would like to march
lo the courthouse accompanied by the rest of the
audience. The crowd
cheered in approval. "You
could just feel the excitement," said one student
on the program.
"The march was a sign
of support to those who
were registering as well
as a public statement of
protest against the unfair
system of voter registration," said Roe. Mississippi's dual registration law,
Roe, students experience VOC
by Deb Nelson
"It was what I term a 'precious experience,' " said Dr.
Mike Roe, professor of psychology, of the interim in
Mississippi. ".It caused us to examine some of the questions everyone should be dealing with—the issues of
racism and lifestyle in a world of need."
•Two rented vans took Roe and 16 students to the Voice
of Calvary Ministries (VOC) in Jackson, Mississippi, for
the three-and-a-half week course. The Bethel students,
along with about 25 students from Messiah College,
Pennsylvania, attended VOC classes which emphasized
a biblical concern for the welfare of the poor through
evangelism, social action, economic development and
justice. Bethel has participated in the program for five of
the last six years.
"I'm beginning to understand myself and what Christianity is all about," one student commented after returning from the trip. "I feel like a sick Christian, because I
wasn't aware of the poverty and my own racism. The
Voice of Calvary recognizing all races gave me hope."
VOC, see page 4
which requires citizens to
register at two different
locations for the county
and city level places an
undue hardship of the
poor, according to Jackson. Inaccessible registrars is also a concern. A
push to bring registrars
to the Jackson State cam
pus, as is done on many
college campuses, has
been unsuccessful.
"I was proud to be able
to take part and stand up
for what I believe," Senior
Brenda Smith said. "I
think it is sick that registration is so discriminatory down there."
The students had not
planned on seeing Jackson or participating in the
march before they arrived
in Mississippi. Jackson's
visit'to the area was confirmed just the night before, and the impromptu
march gave police only a
little time to organize an
escort. When Roe heard
that Jackson was going to
come to Jackson State, he
made arrangements to
dismiss VOC classes for
the day. "But the students
made an individual
choice as to whether or
not they wanted to go," he
said.
Jackson, see page 4
CARS system to
aid administration
by Scott D. Johnson
Bethel College has begun
the implementation of a new
computer system that will lay
the groundwork for the integration of the administrative
departments into a more efficient, centralized system, according to Jerry Harder, director of the computer center.
Harder said that, the new
CARS system, short for Online Computer System for Administration Resource Planning and Student Instruction,
was the first choice of a management information systems
project formed to find a better
computersystem. He said that
in 12 to 18 months ihe system
will be fully implemented.
"Bethel is simply catching
up lo what is available," said
Harder. "The Honeywell computer that we have now does
nol have the software lhat we
need lo run efficiently. For
inslance, every time someone
wants to print a report they
had to write a new program.
It took a lot of time. The new
system, made by Management
Decisions Development Corporation, contains 30 to. 40
percent of software out of Ihe
package price.
"The CARS software package will allow each department lo tap into a central
computer," said Harder. He
also said that, besides being
able, to use programs for better administration of the department, each department
will be able to receive figures
from other departments. For
example, the admissions department can receive statistics for the recruiting department.
Harder said lhal the computer system reached final
approval by the Board of Regents on Dec. 1. This followed
a lengthy selection process
that began early last year.
Harder said thai the selection process was done by Ihe
computer users group and others in the administration.
Erickson aims to
advance into print
These groups were also involved with the Presidents
Administrative Advisory
Council during the process.
The groups examined several
computer systems lhat had
been installed in other similar
institutions before they chose
the CARS package.
"We visited Kalamazoo College in Michigan last Spring,"
said Harder. "We were impressed with the flexibility of
the CARS package and the
support they received from
the company, MDDC. They
installed it to the satisfaction
of Ihe school and ihey offered
training lo operate the sys
tem.
computer, see page 2
Linda Erickson, former coffee shop manager, recently
left Belhel College to pursue a
career in writing. She is currently taking a writing course
at the University of Minnesota and writing approximately eight hours a day.
Erickson is concentrating
on her magazine article writing and some advertising.
While her work righl now is
basically non-fiction, she
would begin writing short stories. If her magazine writing
is not successful, Erickson
plans logo into advertising as
a second choice.
Although Erickson had
planned on leaving Bethel
sometime this year, she says
thai a "hairy first semester
pushed the dale up a bit." For
Erickson, ihe transition to
SAGA, the new college food
service company, was hard.
Linda Erickson
"Il was difficult for them to
show me the SAGA way,"
said Erickson.
Erickson worked at Bethel
for five years. Three of those
years as manager of the coffee
shop and one year as a bus
driver. Although she does not
plan on returning to Bethel as
an employee, Erickson can'
probably often be found
around the raquetball courts.

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the
Clarion
$ppyUbitiwl$J)cy!!!
vol. 59 number 14
February 10, 1984
Bethel students take part in Jackson march
Interim class members join presidential candidate in support for voter registration
by Deb Nelson
Democratic presidential
hopeful Rev. Jesse Jackson led a group of about
2,000 black students from
Jackson State University,
Mississippi, to the Hinds
County Courthouse on
Jan. 17, as a public statement of support for voter
registration. In the procession of four-across armed-
linked suporters were 16
Bethel students.
The students were in
Mississippi for an interim
class, "The Christian and
Social Justice," led by Psychology Professor Mike
Roe. The three-and-a-half
week course was held in
association with the Voice
of Calvary Ministries.
The three-mile march
began after Jackson addressed a packed gymnasium on the campus, during the remembrance of
Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr. Day. Toward the end
of his speech, in which
Jackson challenged the assembly to "stand up and
fight for self determination," Jackson asked how
many of the students were
not registered to vote. As
they stood, he directed
the 400 unregistered students to a side of the gym,
and started to make travel
plans to take them to the
courthouse to register. After a few moments, he
suddenly asked the group
if they would like to march
lo the courthouse accompanied by the rest of the
audience. The crowd
cheered in approval. "You
could just feel the excitement," said one student
on the program.
"The march was a sign
of support to those who
were registering as well
as a public statement of
protest against the unfair
system of voter registration," said Roe. Mississippi's dual registration law,
Roe, students experience VOC
by Deb Nelson
"It was what I term a 'precious experience,' " said Dr.
Mike Roe, professor of psychology, of the interim in
Mississippi. ".It caused us to examine some of the questions everyone should be dealing with—the issues of
racism and lifestyle in a world of need."
•Two rented vans took Roe and 16 students to the Voice
of Calvary Ministries (VOC) in Jackson, Mississippi, for
the three-and-a-half week course. The Bethel students,
along with about 25 students from Messiah College,
Pennsylvania, attended VOC classes which emphasized
a biblical concern for the welfare of the poor through
evangelism, social action, economic development and
justice. Bethel has participated in the program for five of
the last six years.
"I'm beginning to understand myself and what Christianity is all about," one student commented after returning from the trip. "I feel like a sick Christian, because I
wasn't aware of the poverty and my own racism. The
Voice of Calvary recognizing all races gave me hope."
VOC, see page 4
which requires citizens to
register at two different
locations for the county
and city level places an
undue hardship of the
poor, according to Jackson. Inaccessible registrars is also a concern. A
push to bring registrars
to the Jackson State cam
pus, as is done on many
college campuses, has
been unsuccessful.
"I was proud to be able
to take part and stand up
for what I believe," Senior
Brenda Smith said. "I
think it is sick that registration is so discriminatory down there."
The students had not
planned on seeing Jackson or participating in the
march before they arrived
in Mississippi. Jackson's
visit'to the area was confirmed just the night before, and the impromptu
march gave police only a
little time to organize an
escort. When Roe heard
that Jackson was going to
come to Jackson State, he
made arrangements to
dismiss VOC classes for
the day. "But the students
made an individual
choice as to whether or
not they wanted to go," he
said.
Jackson, see page 4
CARS system to
aid administration
by Scott D. Johnson
Bethel College has begun
the implementation of a new
computer system that will lay
the groundwork for the integration of the administrative
departments into a more efficient, centralized system, according to Jerry Harder, director of the computer center.
Harder said that, the new
CARS system, short for Online Computer System for Administration Resource Planning and Student Instruction,
was the first choice of a management information systems
project formed to find a better
computersystem. He said that
in 12 to 18 months ihe system
will be fully implemented.
"Bethel is simply catching
up lo what is available," said
Harder. "The Honeywell computer that we have now does
nol have the software lhat we
need lo run efficiently. For
inslance, every time someone
wants to print a report they
had to write a new program.
It took a lot of time. The new
system, made by Management
Decisions Development Corporation, contains 30 to. 40
percent of software out of Ihe
package price.
"The CARS software package will allow each department lo tap into a central
computer," said Harder. He
also said that, besides being
able, to use programs for better administration of the department, each department
will be able to receive figures
from other departments. For
example, the admissions department can receive statistics for the recruiting department.
Harder said lhal the computer system reached final
approval by the Board of Regents on Dec. 1. This followed
a lengthy selection process
that began early last year.
Harder said thai the selection process was done by Ihe
computer users group and others in the administration.
Erickson aims to
advance into print
These groups were also involved with the Presidents
Administrative Advisory
Council during the process.
The groups examined several
computer systems lhat had
been installed in other similar
institutions before they chose
the CARS package.
"We visited Kalamazoo College in Michigan last Spring,"
said Harder. "We were impressed with the flexibility of
the CARS package and the
support they received from
the company, MDDC. They
installed it to the satisfaction
of Ihe school and ihey offered
training lo operate the sys
tem.
computer, see page 2
Linda Erickson, former coffee shop manager, recently
left Belhel College to pursue a
career in writing. She is currently taking a writing course
at the University of Minnesota and writing approximately eight hours a day.
Erickson is concentrating
on her magazine article writing and some advertising.
While her work righl now is
basically non-fiction, she
would begin writing short stories. If her magazine writing
is not successful, Erickson
plans logo into advertising as
a second choice.
Although Erickson had
planned on leaving Bethel
sometime this year, she says
thai a "hairy first semester
pushed the dale up a bit." For
Erickson, ihe transition to
SAGA, the new college food
service company, was hard.
Linda Erickson
"Il was difficult for them to
show me the SAGA way,"
said Erickson.
Erickson worked at Bethel
for five years. Three of those
years as manager of the coffee
shop and one year as a bus
driver. Although she does not
plan on returning to Bethel as
an employee, Erickson can'
probably often be found
around the raquetball courts.